Re: Problems with wireless network card

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:50:15 -0500, "Christoph Boget"
<jcboget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I select it, click on the connect button and
enter my WEP key ...
WEP Encryption has problems. Use the Hex key (26 characters) instead
of the ASCII equivalent and it will work. Different manufacturers
have different creative ideas of how to convert from ASCII to Hex.

I am using a 26 character hex key. At least, as far as I know. On my
router, I selected a 128bit encryption, entered my phrase and told it to
generate the key. Out came a 26 character key.

If it's 13 characters long, it's ASCII.
If it's 26 characters long, it's Hex.
If you're really using the Hex key, it *SHOULD* work. All I can think
of is a typing error.

However, you should not be using WEP. It's not very secure and is
easily cracked. Use WPA or WPA2 instead, with a long pass phrase.

AFAIK, neither my TiVo nor my WPC11v3 (when it was working) could use WPA.

True. A quick check of the WPC11v3 data *** shows WEP only. Bummer.
There a driver update that adds WPA encryption.
<http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1166859958334&packedargs=sku%3D1115416828350&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=5833428350B03&displaypage=download#versiondetail>
For XP only. Incidentally, that's one reason that I like Linksys.
They update drivers for security fixes on products they no longer
sell.

In fact, I don't even see that as a setting option when I go into the
properties of the wireless connection.

On which? The Tivo or the WPC11v3?

I don't know anything about your unspecified model Tivo box or
unspecified wireless card. There may also be WPA updates available.
Check the Tivo groups.

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